Monday, 17:04, 13/12/2021

Incense making village busy preparing for Tet

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VOV.VN - Local residents of Cao Thon village in the northern province of Hung Yen have been busy during the final month of the year as they hurriedly produce incense ahead of the build up to the Tet holiday, known internationally as the Lunar New Year.
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Located 60km from the centre of Hanoi, Cao Thon village is renowned for its traditional incense making craft.
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Over 100 households in the village earn a living through this trade.
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Incense is produced using various different types of plants.
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All of the incense sticks are produced manually, with the process requiring meticulous attention.
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A worker is capable of producing three thousands incense sticks per day.
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Nguyen Thi Mien, 47, says the majority of workers in Cao Thon village are women, and each of them earns between VND200,000 and VND300,000 per day.
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These days, local villagers are busy throughout the entire day as they prepare for trading ahead of the Lunar New Year when people’s demand for incense increases.
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It takes only a single day to dry incense if it is sunny, and two to three days if it is cloudy, an old villager shares.
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The smell of incense is different depending on the materials and recipes used by different producers.
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A box made up of small-sized incense-coil costs around VND30,000 to VND35,000.
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This year the material needed to make incense is more expensive than previous years due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, says a local villager, adding that there are also fewer consumers than last year, a local villager states.
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Each household hires additional workers in the final month of the year in order to complete all of its orders.
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